I wanted to layout some kits to have on hand of the standard drum machines and a few vinyl chops that I like using. What I have found with the Native Instruments kits is that when I lay a beat down I am able to switch kits and still have the kick and snare properly mapped out. The reason for this is that Native Instruments has a “default” layout of sounds to make up a kit. Not all drum kits follow this rule but I would say 90% of them do. Here is a basic layout that I made in Photoshop to show the default layout.

I will make a kit as an example and upload it here later this week.